Float-rod for flush-tanks.



No. 715,386. Patented Dec. 9, I902.'

0. H. JONES.

FLOAT ROD FDR FLUSH TANKS. 1

(Application filed Apr. 14, 1902.)

(No Model.)

tached thereto.

NITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

OWEN I-I. JONES, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

FLOAT-ROD FOR FLUSH-TANKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 715,386, dated December 9, 1 902.

Application filed April 14, 19(32- gcrial No. 102,730. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OWEN H. J ONES, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Float-Rods for Flush -Tanks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the class of devices used for holding and supporting a float in a flush-tank or like receptacle; and the object of my invention is to provide a device of this class thatshall be extremely si mple and cheap in construction, effective in operation, and durable, and with little liability to get out of repair. A device by means of which these objects may be attained is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents in side elevation a valve with a float-rod embodying my invention at- Fig. 2 is a top view of the outer end of the rod with a float attached therein. Fig. 3 is a view in section through the float and outer end of the rod.

In the accompanying drawings the letter a denotes a valve that is adapted to be supported in connection with a flush-tank or like part and which controls the flow of water into said tank in a manner well known in this class of devices, the tank, for this reason, not being illustrated herein. A float-rod b is connected to this valve and through the medium of the float-support on the outer end of the rod controls the movement of the valve through the rise and fall of the water Within the tank and on which the float is supported.

In devices of this class prior to my invention objections have been encountered in the construction of means for supporting the float. In many instances arms are secured in the base, as by means of interengaging screwthreads, and these arms work loose and allow the float to be disengaged. In other forms of construction clamps operated by screws and like means are employed, and these become inoperative from the action of difl'erent ingredients contained in the water.

My improvements relate especially to the construction of the float-rod and to the means for supporting the float thereon.

In embodying my invention I construct the float-rod and the means for holding the float at the outer end thereof of a single piece of metal. The on ter end 0 of the rod is bent at an angle to the body part and in the form of 'a portion of a circle, this bent portion comprising more than half a circle. This holder 0 is provided with suiiicient spring action to allow the float d to be sprung into place in the holder, where it is held firmly by the spring action of the holder. It will be noted that the rod is substantially straight as to its main body portion and that the holding-loop is formed at the extremity of the straight por tion, so that it is possible to remove or insert the float cl Without such undue springing of the loop as will impair its holding qualities. In other words, there is an absolutely open loop formed by bending the outer end of the rod into asemicircle. The float d is provided with a cylindrical groove 6, in which the holder is located, this groove conforming to the outline of the holder and preventing what may be termed lateral displacement of the float with respect to the holder.

It is obvious that the invention may be embodied in other forms than that herein shown and described and yet come within the scope of the invention, and I do not intend to limit myself to the precise construction of device herein shown, as any float-rod composed of a single piece of metal having on its outer end a single spring-holding arm grasping the float will come within the scope of the invention.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination witha valve or like part, a float-rod connected therewith and comprisingasingle piece of metal including at its outer end a single spring-holding loop grasping the float and open on one side, whereby the float may be inserted or removed, and the float.

2. In combination with a valve or like part, a float-rod connected therewith and consisting of a single piece of metal includingat its outer extremity an odset portion comprising a spring-holding loop adapted to grasp and hold a float, said offset portion being Wholly beyond the main body portion of the'rod, and a float having a groove adapted to receive the holder.

I OWEN H. JONES. Witnesses:

ERMA P. ConFRIN, WM. H. BARKER. 

